Simple Purposeful Living

Pumpkin Parable

October 25, 2016

Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night.

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Favorite Aldi Products

October 20, 2016

It's time to go window shopping again and this time we are heading to get groceries! Long story short, we built a house 3 years ago and when you do that you don't pay taxes for a few years and then you do when they catch up on assessments. We knew it was coming but still when you pay 2

Family Memories

A trip to the Orchard…

October 17, 2016

It has been a yearly tradition to head out to our local orchard. Now, calling it simply "an orchard" is an understatement. You can buy a season pass and it is chalk full of stuff to do. My parents always love coming so we pick a date way in advance to go together. This year,

Family Memories

September 2016 Pictures

October 12, 2016

Every month I love to do a little look back and recap of what our family was up to the previous month. A lot can happen in about 30 days! September ushered in fall and one word encapsulates life around here -- FOOTBALL (my husband even has me in a couples fantasy football league, I think

Family Memories

August 2016 Pictures

September 23, 2016

August 2016 was FULL...get ready this is a photo heavy post :) We found ourselves back at the lake at the beginning of August! My cousin Bailey (who's in college) and his girlfriend decided to come for a visit so my grandparents and us came up too! We all had fun hanging out,

Family Memories

First Days of School 2016

September 21, 2016

And just like that it was time to start another school year. Now that we are elementary school veterans, our hearts weren't nearly as distressed. We were sad to see the carefree days of summer go but we knew what to expect and were ready to tackle another year of school. Solon was